List your 5 favorite non rookie HOF cards
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Was thinking about this earlier this am, and most people focus on rookie cards of HOF players due to the value and appreciation of said cards. Makes perfect sense and when people talk about Mantle it is his rookie card(s) in his case or with Pete Rose it is his 1963 rookie card.
If you take away all of the rookie cards of star players which cards would comprise your 5 favorite list - all 4 major sports included.
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1976 Topps Bench
1981 Topps Gary Carter
1956 Topps Al Kaline
1964 Topps Pete Rose
1977 Topps Fisk
1971 Topps Munson
1971 Topps Greatest Moments Munson
1973 Topps Bench
1954 Dan Dee Mantle
1954 Wilson Weiner Teddy Ballgame
Agree with 76 Bench and 77 Fisk. Awesome cards! Off of the top of my head, I'll add these 3:
71 Ryan
71 Clemente
74 Reggie
58T Aaron
75T Ryan
61F Baylor IA
T206 Davis
88SLU Jordan
1953 Bowman Pee Wee Reese
1953 Topps Satchel Paige
1954 Red Heart Mickey Mantle
1954 Bowman Ted Williams
1956 Topps 1956 Jackie Robinson
Great topic Keith.
My favorite all time card is the 1958 Mantle. Love his affect.
Next is the 1980 yaz. I always seemed to get double triples etc when I was 10 years old buying packs...totally reminds me of childhood with the all star banner at the top.
Third pick would be the 1974 Seaver...just a great action shot I've always wanted and never bought in a 10. You would think with the stupid amount of money I've spent on cardboard through the years I would have snagged that one by now.
Fourth is the 69 Rose. When I was growing up I traded a crazy amount of cards to get that one...for sure a bad trade in today's market but at the time I thought I hit gold for my collection.
Fifth is the 1976 hank Aaron...again bc of childhood...it was a card that was a must to complete in a collection to have a hank Aaron and was the easiest to obtain.
67 Stargell- great pic of Willie.
69 Bench- used to have a psa 8 of this card, never should have sold it.
70 Seaver- I believe this was the first star card I pulled out of a pack as a kid.
75 Bob Gibson- a cap so bright red, I gotta wear shades.
78 Brett- Anybody ever seen one without the faded yellow line on upper left of card.
Some great choices already posted, so won't bother relisting the same ones. Here's a couple more of my favorites:
1954 Topps Gordie Howe
1963 Parkhurst Gordie Howe
1953 Stahl-Meyer Franks Mickey Mantle
1960 Post Cereal Mickey Mantle
1953 Topps Mantle
1953 Bowman Mantle
1962 Gehl's Gold Mine Ice Cream premium Roger Maris - full length batting pose
1953-54 Parkhurst Maurice Richard
1964-65 Topps Bobby Hull
1962 Salada Coin Mickey Mantle
1962 Salada Coins Roger Maris
1964-67 Bee Hive hockey premium Stan Mikita
1967 Coca-Cola premium Hank Aaron
1971 Topps Thurman Munson
Couldn't stop at five; also, I know I included Maris, a non-HOFer. He's in my HOF, and that counts for more with me.
1982 topps in action cards of Walter Payton and Carlton Fisk.
53 mantle ...by far..even over most if not all RC (even is 52)
64 rose..block letters, trophy ..just perfect
71 ryan..just cause has to have a ryan...but luv the looks of this one
71 garvey...my hero growing up..cool card
77 Lambert...it's Lambert
Hmmm...in no order
1970 Topps Yaz
1989 Donruss Griffey (too many childhood memories)
1977 Topps Nolan Ryan
1921 W551 Ruth
1948 Leaf Dimaggio
I have many of the first 3, still going after the last 2.
Tough thing to come up with. Would change tomorrow.
1976 Topps Bench #300
1991 Topps Carlton Fisk #170
1973 Topps Hank Aaron #100
1993 Leaf Nolan Ryan #115
1992 Stadium Club Rickey Henderson #750
A little outside the big 4, but at least all are HOFers...
1973 Panini Jack Nicklaus
1979 Hall of Famer Arnold Palmer
1993 Finest Refractor Barry Larkin
1930 Pattreiouex Celebrities in Sport Bobby Jones
1988 Fleer All-Star MJ (too many great cards to pick from)
1966 Willie Mays
1963 Sandy Koufax
1963 Roberto Clemente
1977 Nolan Ryan
1971 Reggie
1967 Brooks Robinson
1956 Mickey Mantle
Sorry...never was good w/numbers. ; )
1953 Topps Mantle (What a beautiful card)
1950 Bowman Jackie Robinson( Does he have a better looking card?)
1955 Topps Ted Williams (I know same picture as 54 and 56, however colors if right jump out)
1976 Topps George Brett (Tough issue of guy who looks like a baseball player if you look it up in the dictionary)
1971 Clemente( Contrast of color and tough issue)
Every Carlton Fisk card from 73-77. Argument to be made that no player ever had a better 5 year run of cards. 73 he's just an angry young catcher, 74 is an awesome in action card, 75 is the weird batting stance, 76 is a great profile in action and 77 is one of the best photos in card history.
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Lots of great choices that could easily replace the following top of mind picks
Baseball:
53 Bowman Reese
69 Topps Bench
71 Topps Munson
78 Topps Reggie
79 Topps Brett
Hoops:
79-80 Kareem (skyhook)
Football:
64 Philly Jim Brown (car in back)
Hockey:
54 Topps Howe (artwork & color)
56 Mantle
54 Williams #1 and #250 equally
53 Paige
58 Aaron Yellow Name
66 Mays - just something about him tossing a ball into his glove.
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These are some of my favorite cards. Do not own these yet (except the Carter)
'53 Bowman Reese
'53 Topps Jackie Robinson
'53 Bowman Mathews
'56 Clemente
'80 Gary Carter
1974 NOLAN RYAN
1978 REGGIE JACKSON
1957 TOPPS AARON
1965 UECKER
1970 BENCH
Great thread. Need some picts.
1) 1969 Johnny Bench (Might be the best 2nd year card of any player)
2) 1970 Reggie Jackson
3) 1957 Willie Mays
4) 1972 Kareem Abdul Jabbar
5) 1976 Johnny Bench
Cool thread!
All Topps
71 Morgan awesome photo
74 Marichal this pic should be on his HOF plaque
76 Bench the stare down is priceless
77 Seaver beautifully catches that classic tight, compact delivery
82 Henderson the essence of Rickey
Thank you to everyone for the replies and a lot of great answers. It is neat to see what everyone likes, and some surprises for sure - biggest one and my favorite card as a kid was the 1976 Bench. For myself I would go with the following:
1953 Mantle - gorgeous color and image of a young Mick.
1956 Mantle - one of the most popular cards in the hobby period.
1974 Nolan Ryan - what an imposing figure coming right at you in the batters box.
1975 Aaron #1 - what a neat card with Aaron breaking the Babe's record
1976 Bench - the leader of the Big Red Machine and 1976 WS MVP.
My Top Five - 1970's MLB edition
73 Topps Luis Alvarado - Great background shot of cars in the parking lot.
75 Topps Herb Washington - Pinch Runner extraordinaire
76 Topps Johnny Bench - Great Photo
76 Topps Traded Oscar Gamble - Mickey Mouse hairdo
78 Topps Steve Garvey - I love how the colors Red, White and Blue are emplasized three times on the card since they are the only colors in the All-Star Shield, on Garvey's Jersey and used for the card's borders.
1979 Topps Paul Molitor
1952 Bowman Pee Wee Reese
1950 Bowman Jackie Robinson
1955 Bowman Hank Aaron
1989 Fleer Billy Ripken FF Error....I'm a 38 year old teenager, what can I say?
Huh?
IT CAN'T BE A TRUE PLAYOFF UNLESS THE BIG TEN CHAMPIONS ARE INCLUDED
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Funny, because several other people said it as well.
One of the two examples from the OP isn't a HOFer, why not include Munson
A lot of good choices. The OP ask for HOF so will stick with those, The 64 Rose, 71 Munson, and 62 Maris are my favorites, but none are HOF.
-1952T Mantle (is that cheating>)
-1976 Brett (just because it's such a tough card
-1953B Pee Wee
-1971T Nolan Ryan
-1973T Bench
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1956 Topps Mickey Mantle
1960 Topps Stan Musial
1974 Topps Hank Aaron #1 All-Time Homerun King
1988 Fleer Michael Jordan All-Star
1992 Stadium Club Brett Favre
Great thread! My five favorite HOF non-rookie cards would be:
Matt
1975 topps Carl Yastrzemski
1971 topps Willie Stargell
1980 opc Reggie Jackson
1980 opc George Brett
1970 topps Roberto clemente
IT CAN'T BE A TRUE PLAYOFF UNLESS THE BIG TEN CHAMPIONS ARE INCLUDED
1984 Donruss Keith Hernandez
1988 Maxx #43 Richard Petty
1964 Topps Pete Rose
1987 Topps UK MINI Walter Payton
1991 MAXX #70 J.D. MCDUFFIE